Sculpting a fox based on my younger-self's stories ^^

Ohh so gorgeous!! What a wonderful snow sculpture of a fox!
And you are so lucky that you had snow!

Ha! Wonderful snowfox.

Bonnie wrote:

And you are so lucky that you had snow!

I do feel very lucky. It's been years since we had any propper snow here in the Netherlands. My bunny was quite concerned about the weird white stuff and it took a while before she dared to peek outside her hutch

A snow fox, yay!

I've a little update for you of my actual snow fox sculpture.

I added some fur because I really wanted to see what she'd look like with a textured coat instead of a smooth one. Also, I think I will first bake her like this and then start working on the front and hind paws.

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For those that remember that I was thinking about adding a scar, I have now added that feature to the back.

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I wanted it to be apparent, but not too obvious. It'll be slightly enhanced by the paintwork since some black undercoat will be visible through that part.

Oh my it's looking wonderful!

She is looking sooooo beautiful!
I love how you have done the fur- it looks so realistic, I can imagine how soft it is!
And her face is the sweetest! I also love how you have done her scar and her wonderful golden eyes, I'm really looking forward to seeing what comes next!

Interesting and promising project. Your furry friend is really starting to look great! Let's see what happens next.

Thank you Rogério, Bonnie and Adam

I have good news and bad news...


The good news first: I finished the sculpting


Now the bad news: It was too dark to take any decent pictures already.


So you will have to do with this one preview picture until I have time and the right light to take propper detail pictures.

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Next will be painting

I can't wait for "better" photos! It already looks marvellous.

Good news are much better than the bad news. From what we can see, it is already looking great!

It looks AMAZING already, can't wait to see more!

Here are the pictures finally

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and a family picture:
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next will be lots of layers of white paint...

Anne-joke he is superb! I love his face

Wow!!!
I just love how you do the fur, the way you sculpt it makes it lie so naturally, which makes her look even more realistic! I keep practising to try and get it this way- it take so much time- I spend hours layering the strokes of fur! But you have made it look amazing, it all falls into place perfectly, to make this wonderful, fluffy fox!    
Very excited to see the painted finish!

wonderful polar fox!!

Nice work again

It is absolutely wonderful! I love the face, paws and fur. Will it need lots of layers of white? Won't it remove the richness of the texture? It probablly will look more natural if not too much white, they often have a greyish hue. Well, I am sure you know perfectly what will work best. :)

Thank you for your nice comments :)

I think I want to build up the fur with a coat of black first, since the undercoat of arctic foxes are black if I remeber correctly . To bring back the white I will build that up with layers of white-ish paint. I don't want to remove the fur texture with thick paint indeed so that's why I will be applying watered down thin layers. but since those aren't as opaque I will need a lot of thin layers of white paint. So not necessarily lots of thick layers of paint, but multiple thin layers to keep the sculpted texture intact.

I will look into the greyish hue by looking at reference pictures! Polar animals aren't always as white as we think they are.

Oh just beautiful. All that fur detail and everything... just splendid!

Thank you Paige!

And now, I can reveal the painted version of Lieđđi I really tried to not go for a flat white paint, but let some of the darker undercoat show through to give the fur some dept. I'm really happy with how she came out. I think I achieved the hopeful/dreaming-of-other-times look but also show that this fox has been through some hustle. I hope you will like it too

Here are the photo's:

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and now for my favourtite pictures, the family reunion:

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Ohhh my goodness what a gorgeous, gorgeous fox!
You have captured her wistful expression perfectly, and I love how the darker undercoat comes through in the fur- it really makes it look so thick, white and fluffy! I just love her, such an lovely little face, an the last photos were so sweet! This has been such a fun project to watch, and I'm really looking forward to seeing more!
I was also wondering if you ever do commissions for sculptures? You make the most beautiful dogs!

Ah, how sweet! She really does have an expression on her face, an individual with character! And you even sculpted the fur on the underneath of her sitting legs, that's dedication to detail :)

It is absolutely wonderful! It has charisma, lovely face, beautiful fur and perfectly colored.

I really don't have good enough words to describe my true thoughts... she is just stunning! Really really beautiful job on every level of detail. She looks wonderful.